Power Boundaries: A Stealth Somatic Trick To Block Bad Vibes

Do you ever feel drained, invaded, or off-balance around other people? In this short somatic skill I guide you through a bigger version first, pressing your hands out in front of you and saying the words "This is my boundary, you can't come in here unless I invite you." Then we take it inside, where you imagine someone across the room and picture your boundary, perhaps a clear bubble, a firm wall, or a flowing stream, so you can use it anytime. It can help you feel yourself again and reclaim your space and your own energy. This content is educational and is not a substitute for one to one professional care.

Transcript

Hello, Beautiful people. I'm back again with another stealth somatic skill for you. Now today I'm going to introduce a skill that's really helpful if you're navigating establishing healthy boundaries. If you're working with feeling your own agency and your own power in relational dynamics, Or it can be really helpful when you're just dealing with someone that you find a little bit challenging or difficult or dysregulating. It can also be very helpful if you feel like you're very empathic person or very sensitive person where you take on energy from other people or you kind of absorb other people's moods and Vibes. So this is a stealth somatic skill that has to do with setting a quick, Strong boundary, At least energetically in the subtle space between you and your partner. Whoever the other person is that you're interacting with. So first I'm going to introduce this skill, Kind of the macro version. We're going to say some words and make a body movement. And by doing that, We're planting the seed in your imagination and in your body. And in your brain for you to be able to just imagine doing this in the future when you're out in public, When you're interacting with someone. If you're in conflict or if you just need a little bit more space in your life. Now there'll be a way to actually incorporate this. Just using your imagination after we do the movement and say the words out loud to kind of reinforce that within your nervous system. So what you're going to do is we're going to. Bring the hands out and start to press the hands out in front of you like this, Like you're kind of blocking the way. You're blocking the way, Blocking that entrance to you. We are creating an energetic shield, Kind of a imaginary wall or boundary in front of you. And you might imagine a difficult person on the other side of that wall. So just take a few moments, Feel your macro movement here. Let your hands. Paint this boundary, This bubble in front of you. So a little bit of movement. And then I'm just going to invite you to say the words either out loud, More powerful if it's out loud, But if it's more comfortable for you to just say it internally, You can try that first. As you do this movement, The words are. This is my boundary. You can't come in here unless I invite you. This is my boundary. You can't come in here unless I invite you. Take a moment or two as you say the words and do this movement nice and slow and just feel how your body responds, What happens in your brain, Your mind, Your physical system. As you create this sense of an energetic boundary. And you hear those firm words in your agency, This is my boundary, You can't come in here unless I invite you. If you like the movement, You can play around with a little bit of hands pushing here. Feeling into that space between you and everything else, Pushing away, Pushing out from the body, Helps your body to really feel it has this space around it that it can inhabit. Then let your arms rest, Let your body rest. We're going to take it internal. So we've done the macro movements, We've introduced this whole concept to your nervous system in a bigger way. But now we're gonna bring it internally. And to do this, You might just call on your imagination. We'll tap into the right brain. Bring to mind the image of a person that you've either had a challenging interaction with, That you feel takes up a lot of space and infringes upon your own space. Or maybe just someone that you have a difficult time being in relationship to. And you're just going to imagine that person is on the other side of the room. Nice and spacious in between you and them. Put them on the other side of the room. And then you're just going to imagine. The movement that we did. And you're going to say internally to yourself. This is my boundary. You can't come in here unless I invite you. And you're going to imagine that boundary however it shows up. In your mind's eye, Perhaps it's a clear but strong. Bubble around you. Perhaps it's a firm wall of some kind made out of wood or steel. Perhaps it's just a flowing stream or a current of air that's actually moving, That air and energy that is there in the space between you and the other. If we can help our body tap into that, That in itself becomes a boundary. It helps us feel ourselves again. It helps us reclaim our space. And our own energy. So I hope this is something you'll find useful or maybe you want to play with next time you're having a relational experience that kind of taking a little bit more energy for you to be a part of. Then you'd like. Just play with this in your mind's eye. Play with feeling into that space between the energetic boundary you create. And also those words which can just be so powerful. If spoken internally right there in the moment. This is my boundary. You can't come in here unless I invite you. All right, Well, I hope you enjoyed this. New stealth somatic trick and I'll see you next time.